Articles by Hank Sims

December 2014

If You Shopped at Eureka’s Staples Outlet In August or September, Hackers May Well Own Your Credit Card Number

Aha! Sheriff’s Office Weighs In on Yesterday’s Tasing

CHP: Person Shot and Killed Yesterday Confirmed to be 17-Year-Old Hoopa Boy; Officer Suffered Major Injuries in Machete Attack

A Guy Was Tased By Law Enforcement in Front of a McK Store Yesterday, But It’s Not Really Clear Why

Would-Be Car Burglar Foiled By Alert Lundbar Hills Resident

Dramatic River Rescue in Darkness Near Willow Creek This Morning; Crash Happened Just Down the Road From CHP Shooting

Sheriff’s Office: Weed, Coke and Cartel-Related Trinkets Found in Yesterday’s Loleta Raid

County Health: This Year’s Flu Strains Deadlier Than Usual; Vaccinations Available

Yesterday’s BB Gun Shooting Near Eureka High Turned Out to be Just Kids Being Dumb

Sheriff’s Office: Last Night’s Swain’s Flat Shootings Followed Home Invasion

HOMICIDE: Boy Found Stabbed Off McFarlan Street; EPD Investigating

Humboldt Bay Fire Responding to Myrtle Avenue Blaze

Sheriff’s Deputy Fires on Suspects Attempting to Flee; One Injured, One Arrested

Memorial Announced for Toddler Who Died at Big Lagoon

RAINAGEDDON II: The Rerainening!

Arrests Made in the Case of Baby Abandoned in Drug House

Highway 36, Many County Roads in SoHum and Eel River Valley Still Closed

Eureka Homeowner Chases Down Suspected Burglar, Recovers Own Property

National Weather Service Scales Back Flood Predictions; Minor Flooding Expected at Fernbridge Friday Morning

BE ON THE LOOKOUT: Single Mom’s Honda & Xmas Shopping Stolen in Eureka Right Before Rainageddon

Cow Chooses Death on the Freeway Over Auction; Northbound Hwy 101 Blocked Near Fortuna

LoCO SPORTS! All-Star Mad River United Elite Squad to Rep Humboldt Fútbol in Spain

White House Names Blue Lake Rancheria One of the Nation’s 16 ‘Climate Action Champions’

Weitchpec Homeowner Shoots Out Tires of Alleged Robbers, Holds Them at Gunpoint ‘Til the Sheriff’s Office Arrives

MAP: Lefty Neighborhoods Carry School Bonds to Victory, Conservative Ones Doom Them to Defeat

Eureka Police POPs Six in Union Street Dope Den Bust

MAP: Here’s How Eureka Voted for City Council and the $12/hr Minimum Wage

Body Found in Arcata Creek; Coroner, APD Investigating

Here’s How Your Neighborhood Voted on the GMO-Banning Measure P

Arson Suspected in Early Morning Fire at St. Bernard’s Church

November 2014

Trinidad Blesses its Fleet

EPD: Two Arrested, ‘Vast Amount’ of Garbage Removed from Palco Marsh in Follow-Up to Last Week’s Shooting

Avoid Black Friday Death Tolls: Shop Local With the LoCO Holiday Shopping Guide!

Voter Transparency Project Initially Comes Up With Very Slighty Different Bergel/Newman Results

Water Main Bursts Off Broadway, Shutting Down Service to Some

Loleta Cheese Company, a Beloved Eel River Valley Institution, Declares Bankruptcy

EPD: Cache of Weapons Found in Devil’s Playground Camp Following Accidental Shooting

(UPDATE, Shooting Was Accidental) Devil’s Playground Camper Shot in the Leg; EPD Investigating

No, It’s Not Just You: Crime in Humboldt County is Getting Much Worse

[Photo Update] A Hash Lab Explodes on Murder Mountain

Is This Your Stolen Bike or Bike Gear? EPD Busts Suspected Lair of Bicycle Thievery

OBITUARY: Shurina Ann Tate, 1977-2014

County Health Department: The Affordable Care Act ‘Open Enrollment Period’ is Nigh; Help Available

Coroner Dave Parris Resigns; Look for Quick Consolidation of Coroner’s and Sheriff’s Office

23-Year-Old Woman Stabbed Near Adorni Center Early This Morning

Today’s KID INK Show at Redwood Acres Has Been Canceled

Be On The Lookout: Arcata Family’s Black VW Touareg, Credit Cards Stolen After Burglars Enter Home While They Slept

PG&E Chopper Crew Active Around Carlotta, Battening Down the Electrical Mainline for Winter

ELECTION WRAP-UP: Down to the Wire! Some Humboldt County Races Aren’t Decided Quite Yet

Does God Bless Counties That ‘Trust’ in Him? A Statistical Analysis